Matilpi, Ned

Ned Matilpi is a member of the Lawit’sis Ma’amtagila Band (TurnourIsland), as part of the Tlingit and Kwakwaka’wakw Nations and was born in 1957 in AlertBay just off the coast of northern Vancouver Island. His father, Oscar Matilpi, influenced his carving while Ned added a contemporary touch to it, but never losing the traditional way. Ned started carving at the age of 25,